Man left with oozing deep wound after being bitten ‘by a false widow’ spider as he slept in bed

Rich Pollitt woke up with a sore arm but didn't think anything of it. Five days later he had surgery to drain the oozing wound. He believes he was bitten by a false widow spider after researched spider bite wounds online.

By Chloe Kerr

27th October 2017,5:59 pm

Updated: 27th October 2017,10:43 pm

A KITCHEN repairman has been left with a deep oozing wound after being bitten by a spider as he slept.

Rich Pollitt woke up with a sore arm one day but didn’t think anything of it until it began to swell up.